Elevator



"May 8', 1923. v 1 1,454,117

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Patented May 8, 1923.

\ uNlTEojsrarss NAPOLEON P. JULIEN, or SPRINGFIELD? MASSACHUSETTS.

, ELEVATOR.

Application filed Augus't 25, 1922. Serial No. 534,198. I

i T all whom it may concern:

and "thus prolonging the life of the whole cable. 1 accomplish this result by provid-- ing devices for successively and automatie cally rotating all of the cables about their Be it known that I, NAPOLEON P. 'JULIEN, a subject to the Kingof Great Britain, residing at Springfield, county, of Hampden, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented vcertain new and I useful Improvements in Elevators, of which the following is'a specification; c

This invention relates to improvements in elevators of the type in which cablesare used to support the car and counterweight; Such cables are usually carriedgaround a hoisting drum, either'with the single wrap;

or multiple'wrap traction construction. In

the present invention it is designed to use. drums with the single wrap traction con struction. It has beenwfound in practice that some of the strands of the wire cables onaccount of the wedging action and excessive wear between the grooves of the drum and the sides of the cables produces so much wear on comparatively few of the strands of the cable as to weaken them} and consequently the whole cable; necessitating the substitution of new cables. Thisfisubstitu "tion'of new cables is a 'very expensive part of the maintenanceot this class of elevators.

- .An object therefore of the present in f kvention is to provlde means for overcom ng this excessive wearon a few of the strands axes; for the purpose of presenting new wearing surfaces ofthe strandsl'of thecable to the sides ofjthe groove of the drum,

whereby owingto the rotative movements .of the cables about their axes the entire circumferential surface of the whole, cable will wear uniformly and thus life of the same.

The invention broadly considered comprolon g the prises devices operable-during the travel of the car and counterweightwhich will I simultaneously impart arotary or twisting movement to thecable strands and in opposite directions so that the twisting move ment of one end'of the cable will becounteracted by the twisting movementof the or) posite endjthus maintaining the cablejin good condition atllall times.

,Referr'ing to the drawings; t f

Fig.1 is a-general elevational view showy the elevator-well with the car in its upshowing the attachments for imparting ro-j i ing towards thc top of the car and showing; the worm and worm gears 'conn ected'to' the ends of} the cable yttorfimpartingi'a rotaryf movement to thecables, and" the ratchet de- 1 showing one end of theratchet device "for 1. for-operating theworm and ratchet,

at the upper ,end'z'ot' its. fun; Theusua'l open;

ward position and'the counterweight in} i the corresponding lowest 'ptsition, also tary movements to the opposite ends of the cables; i

Fig. 2 is asecti'onal view taken-in va plfilie i represented by the t me 2-.2 'Qf Fig.1 look-i a vice for operating theworm; a v

3 is a sectional view taken i I 'i showing two] of the worni g ;ea rs that are .3

plane represented "by the line, 3.3 of Fig; 2

driven by the worm; and two of the cables] being connected to the gears, alsolthe boltsy" 'WhlCll areconnected to the cables and gears and extend downward between the channel ball bearings at the. lowerends. of the" bolts;

Fig. 4 is, a side elevational: view, on a. plane represented by the line of Fig;

operating the worm; the linolinedior-cam 'surface'depending from the.overheadframe-v work at the top-'of-the wellotthe' buil dingo lug-,5 is a side elevational'viewon the; planerepresented'by the line 5+ 5 'of;IFig' 1-; showing the ratchet mechanism of the upper end of the counterweight-and at "the ,lowerfl-yi end of the travelof thelcounterweightfal V the inclined 0r,1cam surface iforc p mtin g, the-ratchet. 1 1

' "6 is a diagrammaticwiew showi g/1 iL'pOIfl'JOTl of acable1n' 'the';.grooveofithe druml to illustrate the wearingv efiiect. Fig. .view illustrating the principlen. OfmyinVentiOnb 2' i Ea8mmaM@memm@&* mechanism 1:

Referring to theldra i n detail; 1 I166 ating. electri motor is indicated at; 2. '.t]r1 g traction drum at3L4 Passing over the drumy are the traction-and, lifting oables -fiVe of-i which; are shown as indicated at andS. "r Y 7 are secured to the blocks 9"[inftheusual")- m'annervby spreading; strands ,of-qthe *cablef I and pouring in me'ltednsolder'. tItisto be understood that theie'ndsof;all of theicablesli are secured to the blocks inthe same way: 1

7'5 f irons "ofthe framework of the'c'arand the Referring; to @Fi 1 3 the'lwi re fables 5a id vI These blocks 9 are shown pinned to the bolts 10 and'secured to the bolts 10 are the worm gears 11. These bolts extend downward between the webs of the channel irons 12 which pawls 23 (see Figs. 8 .are secured to the lever arms 24 which are are secured to thetop of the car. .Their. lower ends pass'through the plate 13. 14 are ball race plates for receiving the balls of the bearing indicated at 15 and 16 is a plate loosely mounted on the worm 18, the pawl 23 being, as shown located between the arms 24"01 the arm24. The upper ends of these arms are provided with rollers 25 (see Figs. Zlahd 1.), which rollers engage the inclined surfaces26 of the depending cam members 27 thatare secured to the overhead frame- .workof the elevator well a portion of which is indicated at 28.

For the purpose of actuating the arms 24 for holding the rollers 25 in contact with the cam surfaces 26 weights 29 are provided which are secured to the arms 30 that are secured'to the arms 2 1-. 31 indicates a stop to A limit the downward movement of the weight 29, and to accurately position the rollers 25 so that they will not pass by the lower ends 27 of the members 27; y c It will be seen that when the car reaches the upward end of its travel the rollers 25 willengage the inclined plane or cam surfaces 26 causing the pawls 23 to engage the ratchet wheel 22 and impart rotary movement to the worm 18, whichin turn, will rotat'e' the gears 11, on one side of the worm 18 in onedirection, andon theopposite side vof the worm 18 in an opposite direction,

thus, imparting a rotary or twisting move- 'ment to the cables 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

For the purpose of simultaneously imparting a rotary or twisting movement to their attachment to the top of the car.

the other end of. the cables they are attached to the counterweight 32 111 the same manner as thatalready described inconnectionw1th A worm shaft 33 is suitably mounted for rotation in the bearings 32 on theupper ends of the bar 32 that support the counterwveiglits. This shaft is provided at its opposite ends with ratchets 3 1 which. are pinned to the shaft 3321s indicated at 35. 36 is a pawl carried by the arm 37 which arm is providedwith aroller 38, that engagesthe inclined plane or cam surface 89 of the memher that is secured to the framework at thehottom .ofth'e elevator welhwhereby on the descent of the 'c'oun'te'rweightthe w'orrn the same as that shown in Fig. 2. Secured to the lever 23 is a weight 11 by means of the arm 42, the purpose. of which is to maintain the roller 38 in the same position or alignment so that it will always engage the inclined surface 39.

I have shown ratchet mecha- Although nism at the opposite'ends of the shaft f18-it,

is obvious that a single ratchet construction at one end of the shafts 18 and 38 would be sufiicient. By using the construction of worm gear and worm,there is 'a reduction movement between the shaft 18 and the cables for the purpose of imparting only a small rotary movement to the cables at the ends of the travel of the. car and counterweight when the car is atthe upper ends of the travel the counterweight is at the lower end, p a 5 Referring to Figs. 6 and? which illus-' trates the position the cables assume in the grooves 4L3 of the drum 44:, it will be seen that the strands of the cable at the opposite sides of the same are the ones that receive the constant wear. This result is produced by the pinching or crowding effect due to the more or less V-shape of the groove 13, since the cable does not completely. fill I, the

groove. My invention is designed to over-' come this wearing effect ofthe same strands which are constantly brought into contact I This is accomplished .by

with the groove. 7 providing devices to nnpart arotary movement to one end ofthe cables as indicated bythe arrows 7,..(see Figs. '6 andf'?) to the p The arrow 72 illus trates the idea of imparting rotary motion;

cable 7 for example.

in an opposi'te direction to the oppositeend of the cable 7, whereby the two ro-tary' movements will counteract each other and thus maintain the original length of the cable,

By employingmeans to successively and automatically effect these rotary movements" in a step by step manner the life of the cable will be materially inci ease d hat T'claim is: 1

1. In an apparatus for the purpose as scribed, thecombination, with the car, counterweiglit andv traction drum and the car ice supporting cable, of means mounted oirthe car and counterweight for imparting a rotary or twisting movement to the ends of the cable. I I i 2. In an appaJratus'fOr the purpose d e-j scribed, the combination, of devices secured to the opposite 'endsof. the su'pportingcables,

and means engaging the devices forflirn a g;

a Y i 1,454,117

comprising in combination with the car",

counterweight, traction drum, and cables of an elevator mechanism, of means for un parting a rotary or twisting action to the cated on the car and counterweight respectively, means for operatingthe worm during the travel of the car and counterweight including camsurfaces, ratchet devices on each of the worms, operative means between the cam surfaces and the ratchets, whereby the ,worm may be operated and operative means between the worm and each of the cables.

4. A device for the purpose described,

comprising in combination with the car,

counterweight, traction drum, andcables of an xelevator mechanism, of means for im parting a rotary'or twisting action to the opposite ends of the cables, said meanscomprising a worm locatedon. the car and counterweight respectively, means for operating the worm including cam surfaces, a device on each of the worms for rotating the same operative means between the cam surfaces and the devices, said means beinga t'the end of the travel of the car and counterweight respectively, and operative mea the worm and each of the cables.

ns between 5. An apparatus for the purpose described and comprising 1n combination with the cables of an elevator mechanism, a gear secured to the ends of each of the cables, means carried by the car and counterweight respec- 6. In a device for the including gears sec-uredgtothe ends of, the

posite directions comprising 7 cam devices,

an arm engaging the cam devices, 'said arm being operatively connected tothegeaif opi H 1 I erating devices. I. f K f; 7. In an" apparatus for the purpose de-"T scribed, the combination, of wo-rm' shaft' secured to the', upper ends of an elevator car j 1 i and counterweight respectively, worm gears i q [secured to'the ends of thejcablesand engag i i ing the wormshaft, means for automate t cally operating the shaft during the ru'nfo-f the car and counterweight for impartinga turning or twistingmoveinentto the ends, 'j of the cables and in opposite.directions asf f 7n the cables'in their supporting drums will be .i z

described, whereby thewearing'surfaces of:

changed.

NAPOLEON 1 JULIEN.

tively for rotating thegearsand the cable s, means forcausing thefcables'to beautomati cally rotated in Opposite directions and in veluding ab utinents', operative means between n the abutments and'then'ieans onthe car for rotating the gears, and means for returning i "and maintaining the gear'joperating means};

"P p se des i w w a a the combination with thecar, counterweight, I- f traction drum, and the supporting cable's/of an elevator mechanismfof means for. sue; cessively, and automatically iinpaiting] a Y slight rotary or twisting moveinentr to the cables during the extreme run ofthe car and r the counterweight, respectively,said means. i 

